Softball Wraps Up 2016 Season With Home-And-Home Against Penn
4/28/2016 9:41:00 AM | Softball
SENIOR WEEKEND
Friday's game on the road against Penn will mark the Quakers' annual Senior Day Celebration as they honor the team's three graduating seniors while the Lions will honor the team's lone senior, Tessa Kroll, prior to Saturday's final game of the season.
SOUTH DIVISION BATTLE
The battle for the south division title has been intense all season long as Princeton, Penn and Columbia have all been within a few games of contention. Heading into the final weekend, Princeton holds the top spot at 10-6, while Penn trails just behind at 7-9 and the Lions sit in third at 5-11.
TALKING ABOUT TROUTT
Taylor Troutt has been the offensive leader all season for the Lions and heads into the final weekend with a team-leading .359 batting average (46-for-128), .656 slugging percentage and .450 on-base percentage after posting up 11 doubles, nine home runs, 34 RBI, 14 walks and seven hit-by-pitches this year. In conference play this year, Troutt has posted up just under a quarter of the team's RBI (10) while adding five of the team's 18 doubles.
GET IT, GOTT IT, GOOD
Maddie Gott has been the star of Ivy League play for the Lions this season, heading into the weekend with a team-leading .348 batting average (16-for-46) with two doubles, two home runs and five RBI while striking out only four times.
DON'T SKIP SCHIPPER
Rookie Bonnie Schipper has come alive in the late half of the season, making the most of her opportunities as she holds a .429 (6-for-14) batting average in six Ivy League games played this year, picking up a triple, a home run and three RBI while working three walks and scoring four runs.
WALK-OFF MAGIC
The Lions have had a pair of walk-off home runs this year, with Jordan Townsend's three-run shot against Manhattan coming as the most recent. Earlier this season, Krystin Wong was able to send a walk-off home run against Yale to give Columbia its first Ivy League win of the season back on April 1.
April 19 - Jordan Townsend Hits Walk-Off Against Manhattan
April 1 - Krystin Wong Hits Walk-Off Against Yale
SERIES HISTORY
Columbia is 16-34 all-time against Penn in a series dating back to 2001. Last season, the Quakers were able to take three of the four games against the Lions with Columbia winning game two at home, 5-3, to avoid the sweep.
A QUICK LOOK AT PENN
Penn heads into the weekend in second place among the South Division with a 21-19 overall record and 7-9 conference mark after earning the program's first ever sweep last weekend at home against Cornell. The Quakers are coming off a week that led them to a sweep of all three of the Ivy League awards as the team has won its last six-straight contests heading into the final weekend of the regular season. Leading the way in the circle as of late has been Alexis Sargent who is 3-0 with one save and a 0.35 ERA in her last 20.0 innings of work and currently leads the Ivy League with 113 strikeouts. Offensively, junior Leah Allen has been the offensive threat for the Quakers as she heads into the weekend with a .311 batting average (37-for-119) with four doubles, five triples and six home runs for 37 RBI while adding a .580 slugging percentage and a team-leading 15 walks.
*PARKING NOTE: Please be advised that on Friday, April 29, the annual Penn Relays will also be taking place on the campus of Penn University so parking will be very limited.
